Cartridge-loading mechanism



J. P. MARSTERS.

CARTRIDGE. LOADING MEGHAN-ISM.

Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

W /J u 1 U (No Model.) I

UNITED STATES JAMES F. MARSTERS, or

PATENT OFFICE.

BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

CARTRlDGE-LOADING MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,874, dated September 11, 1883.

(N0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern.- I

Be it known that I. J AMES F. llIARSTERS, of Brooklyn, in Kings county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Filling Cartridge-Shells, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to that class of apparatus which is designed for filling a number of cartridge-shells at one and the same opera.- tion.

The improvement consists in combinations of parts whereby this end is attained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan or top view of an apparatus embodying the improvement. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is another central vertical section of the same, and Fig. 4 is a side view of a scraper which is used therewith.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a block of wood or other suitable material provided with recesses a, suitable in size to contain cartridge-shells B to be filled, with their heads or flanges resting against the under side of the block. Of these recesses there may be any suitable number. The block is about as thick as the length of the cartridge shells to be filled.

O designates a base-piece, which may be made of wood or other suitable material, and is shown as connected by hinges b to the block A and extends under the same. It does not fit tightly against the under side of the block, but is sufficiently far below the block to afford space for the heads or flanges of the cartridgeshells between it and the block. The upper side of the base-piece is provided with recesses c, which occupy positions opposite the recesses a in the block A. These recesses c prevent any contact of the cartridge-caps or primings with the base-piece.

D designates a board, (see Fig. 2,) which rests upon the top of the block A and fits within a box like projection, A, which extends above the sides and one end of the block. The side portions of the projection A form guides for the board D and guards to prevent powder from being scattered and wasted. In this board are recesses d. \Vhen this board D is drawn outward, its recesses dare out of line with the recesses a of the board A; but when the board is pushed backward they are in line with said recesses 11. The board D is of such thickness that its recesses (I will hold the proper quantity of powder to charge the cartridgeshells. The board is first pulled outward. Then a quantity of powder is thrown upon it, and the scraper E is passed over the top to remove all the surplus. The board is then shifted backward, and the powder is delivered in to the cartridgeshells. \Vads are then inserted in the eartridgeshells from above with any suitable instrument. The end portion of the projection A, in which the board D fits, forms a stop for limiting the inward movement of said board. \Vhen the board is pushed inward against the stop, its recesses d are in line with the recesses a in the block A. The lengths of the board D and block A beyond their recesses d a are such that when the end of the board is coincident with the end of the block the recesses (I will be out of line with the recesses a of the block. The ends of the block and board I) therefore form a gage for regulating the outward movement of said board. A board, F, (see Fig. 3,) is then placed over the board D, or is put 011 the block A in the place of the board D. It has recesses e, and is of such thickness that they will contain the proper amount of shot to charge the cartridgeshells. The'board F is pulled outward, so that its recesses will be out of line with the recesses a of the block A. Shot are then poured over the board and the surplus removed with the scraper. The board is then shifted backward, so as to bring its recesses into line with the recesses in the block A, whereupon the shot are delivered into the cartridgeshells'.

\Vads are then put in, and the charging of the shells is completed. The base-piece is now swung back, and the cartridges are taken out from the bottom of the block A.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for filling cartridgeshells, the combination of a block for holding the cartridge-shells, and a board or like device having a number of recesses for holding charges of powder or shot, the said block being provided at the top with projecting guides, be-

tween which the said board may be moved to forming astop to arrest the board when its rebring its recesses into or out of line with the cesses d are in line with the recesses a in said shells in the block, and which form guards to block and the lengths of said block and board prevent the scattering of powder, substantially beyond their forward recesses being such that 15 5 as specified. when their ends coincide the recesses (I will be 2. In an apparatus for filling cartridge-shells, out of line with the recesses a, substantially as the combination of the block A, provided with specified.

recesses a and surmounted by a box-like pro- J ALWIES 1 MARSTERS. jection, A, and the board D, provided with \Vitnesses:

1o recesses d and adapted to slide in said box-like I JOHN H. BALDWIN,

projection A, the end portion of said projection \VILLIAM M. SUMMERS. 

